defense mechanism

noun as in protective activity

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A stingray’s defense mechanism is to camouflage itself on top of the ocean floor’s sand or buried under it.

It was a defense mechanism, I guess, as much as a way of connecting with them.

“I fell in love with his past but also his soul and the way he protects himself with the humor he uses as a defense mechanism,” Dager said.

“It was a defense mechanism because of my past history.”

Maybe that’s shock or some sort defense mechanism, or shutting down.

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